Will & Allie

During half-term Allie and Will came to stay. The boys were at playgroup in the morning so I mobilised the new labour force to do some food preparation.

Here they are demonstrating their impressive knife techniques for the lamb stew.

We usually play some sort of game when they are here. Now that they are both better than me at Backgammon and Yahtzee, I thought it wise to start them off on a new one - Othello.

Halloween coincided with their visit and they arrived armed with pumpkins and sweets galore. Here they are hollowing them out. Misha (mis) understood the idea - that the sweets were for the trick or treaters - and preferred to not open the door but scoff them himself.

Playgroup again. This time the workforce knocked up pizzas for lunch.

Here's Alastair with his corn and mushroom special. Allie and Will liked the chorizio one best.

Wasn't much left of any by the end.